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    BAFTA Music Award Past Winners

    1. The Kings Speech

      1. The Kings Speech

      Alexandre Desplat won the BAFTA in 2010 for his soundtrack for The King’s Speech. The music was fittingly recorded at Abbey Road studios using original royal microphones that had been stored in the EMI archives for more than 70 years.

    2. Slumdog Millionaire

      2. Slumdog Millionaire

      A.R. Rahman's score for 'Slumdog Millionaire' was extremely successful, winning over 15 awards including an Academy Award, two Grammys, the Golden Globe and a BAFTA.

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      Composer Gabriel Yared produced a sumptuous BAFTA-winning score for Anthony Minghella's Oscar winner in 1996.

    5. Schindlers List

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      Winning Williams a BAFTA and an Oscar in 1993, this haunting and brilliant soundtrack is dominated by his Jewish inspired melodies.

    6. The Mission

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      7. ET - The Extra Terrestrial

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      John Williams highly popular score to this first Star Wars film was selected by the American Film Institute as the greatest American movie score of all time.

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      Nino Rota composed the music for the first of Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather trilogy, winning a BAFTA to boot.

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